I noticed that too ... it's not just the How To section, though. A vast number of topics (with some really useful information) are missing in lots of sections: Artwork, Web & Internet, Kernel, Security Advisories, Distro Development ... just about everywhere.

Apparently somebody "cleaned up" old posts . I'm pretty sad about all the info that's been lost, I'll think twice before writing a long HOWTO again. There wasn't useful info in just the howto's though, a lot of problems have been solved since we got on this forum. These posts might have been very useful for others in the future.

Sure we can clean up the lounge every now and then, and perhaps the old announcements / bugreport threads for beta's. But current problem solving would be easier if solved problems don't get pruned. OTOH I understand sometimes the trash needs to be taken out.

lagagnon had a good Howto about final annoyances and bugs in VL 5.8 that I would like to see recovered. Often I summarize an issue, with resolution, for future reference, in case I don't remember the solution. I often use the search engine to research my own issues again, just because I need to know exactly what I did to fix things before. So, with so many forum issues thus deleted, I may have to start all over on some things. Or ask to be reminded.

Thanks a lot John for working with the backups!It's greatly appreciated.The forum has a lot of good things that I keep reading over and over again in order to get more confident and thanks goes to all the fabulous Vectorites!

Thanks a lot John for working with the backups!It's greatly appreciated.The forum has a lot of good things that I keep reading over and over again in order to get more confident and thanks goes to all the fabulous Vectorites!

likewise...

You shouldnt erase valuable data. This forum and the ones before it are vector's documentation...the howto on the fixing of bugs.